Winston Harrington

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the nature and magnitude of externalities associated with automobile use, including local and global pollution, oil dependence, traffic congestion and traffic accidents, and discuss current federal policies affecting these externalities, including fuel taxes, fuel-economy and emissions standards, and alternative fuel policies.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the nature and magnitude of externalities associated with automobile use, including local and global pollution, oil dependence, traffic congestion and traffic accidents, and discuss current federal policies affecting these externalities.

TL;DR: WTP of Taiwanese households is compared with benefits transfer extrapolations that adjust WTP for the United States by Taiwan household income, relative to U.S. household income.

TL;DR: A survey of Southern California residents designed to examine whether the details of policy design can make congestion pricing more attractive to the motoring public has been conducted by as discussed by the authors, who found that a promise to offset the imposition of congestion fees by other taxes can result in a 7% point increase in support for congestion pricing policies, and the restriction of congestion pricing to a single lane on a freeway attracts from 9% to 17% additional support.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors report on the results of a detailed epidemiological investigation of daily acute health effects in adults and children associated with daily exposure to ozone and other air pollutants and find statistically significant and robust effects of ambient ozone concentrations on daily reported respiratory symptoms among healthy nonsmoking adults but not among smokers or children.